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MORE UPCOMING RELEASES

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Paula Abdul (title TBA; producer: Oliver Lieber; Hear here; Twitter) (Filament Entertainment Group, fall 2009)
Ace of Base (title TBA; producers: Andreas Carlsson, Peer Astrom, Damon Sharpe (label TBA, September 2009)
Adolescents, The (title TBA; Read here) (Finger, 2009)
Aerosmith (title TBA; producer: Steve Lillywhite; Read here) (Columbia, TBA)
AFI "Crash Love" (producer: David Bottrill) (Tiny Evil/Interscope, fall 2009)
AgainST (side project of Excel frontman Dan Clements and original Suicidal Tendencies members) (title TBA; Read here) (Built On an Ounce, TBA)
Kris Allen ("American Idol" season 8 winner) (title TBA; Read here) (19 Recordings/Jive, late fall 2009)
Alternate Routes, The "A Sucker's Dream" (producer: Peter Katis; Hear here) (Vanguard, 2009)
Ambulance (LTD) (title TBA) (TVT, TBA)
Anane (wife of Louie Vega) "Selections" (Tommy Boy, TBA)
Anatomy of a Ghost "Celebrations of a Sky Blue Life" (producer: John Goodmanson) (Fearless, TBA)
Laurie Anderson "Homeland" (Nonesuch, 2009)
Annihilator (title TBA) (AFM, TBA)
Anthrax (new singer: Dan Nelson) "Worship Music" (album marks the thrash metal group's 25th anniversary; Hear here) (Megaforce, October 2009)
Armor for Sleep (title TBA; producer: Ben Grosse) (Sire, TBA)
Auf Der Maur (title TBA; Read here) (Capitol, TBA)
Authority Zero (title TBA; studio album; producer: Ryan Greene; Read here) (Zero Crew, TBA)
Autolux (title TBA; producer: John Goodmanson; Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
Autumn Offering, The (title TBA; Hear here) (Victory, 2009)
Bad Religion (title TBA) (Epitaph, 2010)
Band of Horses (title TBA; Hear here) (Sub Pop, 2009)
Devendra Banhart (title TBA; producers: Banhart, Paul Butler; Hear here) (label TBA, fall 2009)
Basement Jaxx "Scars" (guests: Yoko Ono, Santigold, Lightspeed Champion, Yo! Majesty; Hear here) (Astralwerks, September 2009)
Jeff Beck (title TBA) (Epic, TBA)
Pat Benatar (title TBA; acoustic versions of her hits; Read here) (Bel Chiasso, TBA)
Rhona Bennett (formerly of En Vogue) "The Anticipation of R&B ..." (Hear here) (Keep Pushin' It Entertainment, TBA)
Big Boi (of OutKast) "Sir Luscious Leftfoot ... Son of Chico Dusty" (guests: Mary J. Blige, Andre 3000, John Legend, Hill Harper, George Clinton, Too $hort, Raekwon; "Sumthin's Gotta Give"; Hear here) (LaFace, summer 2009)
Big Head Todd and the Monsters (title TBA; producer: David Bianco; Hear here) (Big, TBA)
BlackHawk "For the Sake of the Song" (producer: Bobby Huff; Hear here) (Radiance, TBA)
Black Keys, The (title TBA; producer: Danger Mouse; Hear here) (Nonesuch, TBA)
Blackout Effect, The "The Blackout Effect" (Lava/Atlantic, TBA)
Black Water Rising "Black Water Rising" (Hear here) (Capitol T Productions, summer 2009)
Blanche "If We Can't Trust the Doctors ..." (producers: Warn Defever, David Feeny, Brendan Benson; guest: The White Stripes' Jack White) (Cass, TBA)
Blink-182 (title TBA; Read here) (Interscope, summer 2009)
Blur (title TBA; Read here) (Virgin, TBA)
Book of Knots, The "Traineater" (guests: Tom Waits, Mike Watt, David Thomas, Jon Langford, Carla Bozulich) (Anti-/Epitaph, TBA)
David Bowie (title TBA) (ISO/Columbia, TBA)
Michelle Branch "Everything Comes and Goes" (producers: John Leventhal, John Shanks; guest: Dwight Yoakam; Hear here; Read here) (Warner Bros. Nashville, summer 2009)
Breaking Benjamin (title TBA; producer: David Bendeth; Hear here) (Hollywood, TBA)
Chris Brown "Graffiti" (Read here) (Jive, 2009)
Joe Budden "The Growth" (producers: Scott Storch, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, Whiteboy; guests: Stack Bundles, the A-Team, Marques Houston; first single: "Gangster Party"; Read here) (Def Jam, TBA)
Built to Spill "There Is No Enemy" (Read here) (Warner, October 2009)
Bump J "Nothing to Lose" (producers: Kanye West, Sha Money XL, Trackboyz; Read here) (Atlantic, TBA)
Camp Freddy (all-star cover band led by "The In Crowd" actor Donovan Leitch and ex-Cult guitarist Billy Morrison) (title TBA; producer: Mike Clink; guests: Macy Gray, Perry Farrell, Slash, Dave Navarro, Matt Sorum, Kelly Osbourne; first single: a version of "Whole Lotta Love"; Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains guitarist) (title TBA) (Roadrunner, TBA)
Brandi Carlile "Give Up the Ghost" (producer: Rick Rubin; guests: Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith, Pete Thomas of Elvis Costello and The Attractions; Read here) (Columbia, late summer/early fall 2009)
Cartel (title TBA; Hear here) (Wind-up, 2009)
Carter's Chord "Carter's Chord" (producers: Toby Keith, the female trio's father Barny Robertson; first single: "Young Love"; Hear here) (Show Dog Nashville, TBA)
Cassie (title TBA; producers: Seven, Mario Winans, Bryan Michael Cox, Eric Hudson, Sean C, LV, Ryan Leslie; Read here) (Bad Boy, TBA)
Jason Castro ("American Idol" finalist) (title TBA; producer: John Fields) (Atlantic, 2009)
Cavo "Bright Nights * Dark Days" (producer: David Bendeth; first single: "Champagne"; Hear here; Read here) (Reprise, summer 2009)
Donovan Chapman (title TBA; producers: Raymond Termini, Billy Joe Walker; first single: "House Like That"; Hear here) (Category 5, TBA)
JC Chasez (title TBA; first single: "Until Yesterday") (Jive, TBA)


Chevelle "Sci-Fi Crimes" (producer: Brian Virtue; Hear here) (Epic, August 2009)
Jane Child (title TBA) (Sugarwave, TBA)
Chilli (of TLC) "Bi-Polar" (guests: Missy Elliott, fellow TLC member T-Boz; first single: "Dumb, Dumb, Dumb"; Hear here; See here) (Tron Musik, 2009)
Citty "Da Cookie Man" (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam, TBA)
Clipse, The "Till the Casket Drops" (producers: Rick Rubin, DJ Khalil; guest: Kanye West; Read here) (Columbia, late summer 2009)
Color Scheme, The (title TBA) (Record Collection, TBA)
Converge (title TBA) (Epitaph, 2009)
Creed "Full Circle" (Read here) (Wind-up, August 2009)
Cult, The (title TBA) (label TBA, 2009)
Cypress Hill (title TBA; Read here) (Suburban Noize, fall 2009)
D'Angelo (title TBA; collaborators: Raphael Saadiq, Q Tip, Roy Hargrove, Cee-Lo; first single: "I Found My Smile Again") (J, summer 2009)
Dark Angel "Darkness Returns" (first studio album since 1991) (label TBA, TBA)
Dashboard Confessional (title TBA; producer: Adam Schlesinger; Hear here; Read here) (Interscope, 2009)
Days Difference (title TBA; first single: "Radio Song"; Hear here) (Universal Motown, summer 2009)
dB's, The (title TBA; Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
Dead By Sunrise (Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington's solo project) "Out of Ashes" (producer: Howard Benson; Hear here; Twitter) (label TBA, fall 2009)
Death Angel (title TBA; Read here) (Nuclear Blast, TBA)
Death Cab for Cutie (title TBA; Read here) (Atlantic, 2009)
Death From Above 1979 (title TBA) (Vice/Atlantic, TBA)
De Novo Dahl (title TBA; producers: David Fridmann, Tony Dugan; Hear here) (Roadrunner, TBA)
Devo (title TBA; their first album since 1990; Hear here) (label TBA, fall 2009)
Dirty Three "Cinder" (producer: Casey Rice; guest: Cat Power's Chan Marshall; Read here) (Touch & Go, TBA)
Distillers, The (title TBA) (Warner, TBA)
Dr. Dre "Detox" (guests: Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, etc.; Read here) (Aftermath/Interscope, TBA)
Don Caballero (title TBA; producer: Al Sutton) (Relapse, TBA)
Doobie Brothers, The (title TBA; first album of new material in 10 years; producer: Ted Templeton; guests: Willie Nelson, Billy Payne) (label TBA, 2010)
Down "Down IV" (Roadrunner/Warner, 2009/2010)
Dreaming, The (title TBA; producer: Bryan Carlstrom) (label TBA, TBA)
D.R.I. (new bassist: Harald Oimoen) (title TBA; guitarist Spike Cassidy is recovering from treatment for cancer; first studio album since 1995's "Full Speed Ahead"; Read here) (Beer City, TBA)
Duran Duran (title TBA; producer: Mark Ronson; Hear here; Read here) (Epic, 2009)
Early Man (title TBA; producer: Jack Endino; Hear here) (The End, TBA)
Earshot (title TBA) (Warner, TBA)
Eastwood "Born to Be Hated" (Self Made/Death Row, TBA)
Missy Elliott "Block Party" (Hear here; Read here) (Goldmind/Atlantic, 2009)
EMF (title TBA; first album of new material since 1995's "Cha, Cha, Cha"; Read here) (label TBA, 2009)
Eminem "Relapse 2" (Hear here) (Interscope/Aftermath/ Shady, late 2009)
End, The (title TBA; producer: Greg Dawson) (Relapse, TBA)
En Vogue (title TBA; Hear here) (label TBA, mid-2009)
Eternal Descent (title TBA; producer: Eddie Kramer; Hear here) (Incendium, 2009)
Eve "Here I Am" (producers: Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Pharrell Williams; Read here) (Aftermath/Interscope, 2009)
Every Time I Die (title TBA; producer: Steve Evetts) (Epitaph, 2009)
Face to Face (title TBA; first album of new material since 2002's "How to Ruin Everything") (Antagonist, 2009)
Faith No More (title TBA; first album since 1997's "Album of the Year") (label TBA, 2009/2010)
Far (title TBA) (Vagrant, 2009)
Lupe Fiasco "We Are Lasers" (Hear here; Read here) (Atlantic, 2009)
50 Cent "Before I Self Destruct" (producers: Dr. Dre, Eminem, Scott Storch; first single: "Get Up"; Hear here) (Interscope, 2009)
Tim Finn "The Conversation" (Hear here) (label TBA, 2009)
Flaming Lips, The "Embryonic" (2 CDs; guests: MGMT, Karen O; Read here) (Warner, September 2009)
Flatfoot 56 (title TBA; producer: Street Dogs' Johnny Rioux; Hear here) (Flicker, 2009)
Flight of the Conchords (title TBA; Hear here; Read here) (Sub Pop, 2009)
Flotsam & Jetsam "The Cold" (Hear here) (Driven Music Group, 2009)
John Fogerty "The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again" (includes covers of "Garden Party," "When Will I Be Loved," John Denver's "Back Home Again"; guests: Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit; Read here) (Fantasy/Concord, 2009)
Forecast, The (title TBA; producer: John Naclerio) (Victory, TBA)
Josephine Foster (title TBA; producers: Foster, Young God label head Michael Gira) (Young God, TBA)
Ace Frehley "Anomaly" (Read here) (label TBA, 2009)
Fugees (title TBA; first single: "Take It Easy"; Read here) (Sony Urban Music/Columbia, TBA)
Nelly Furtado (title TBA; Spanish-language album) (Geffen, TBA)
Peter Gabriel (title TBA; Read here) (Ingenious Media, TBA)
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers "The Pilgrimage" (producer: John Carter Cash; first single: "Johnny Cash Is Dead and His House Burned Down"; Hear here) (Curb, 2009)
Nona Gaye "Love & Sex" (Epic, TBA)
Teddy Geiger "The March" (Hear here) (label TBA, 2009)
Genius "Proper Villains" (producer: Ian Nickus) (Genius Music, TBA)
Lisa Germano "Magic Neighbor" (Young God, mid-2009)
Glue Gun (title TBA; first album since 1996's "The Scene Is Not For Sale"; Hear here; Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
God Forbid "Gone Forever" (producer: Eric Rachel) (Century Media, TBA)
Louise Goffin "Bad Little Animals" (Majority of One, TBA)
Gorillaz (title TBA; Read here) (Virgin, TBA)
Vivian Green (title TBA; Read here) (E1 Music, summer 2009)
Patty Griffin "Downtown Church" (Hear here) (Credential, 2009)
Guru "Guru 8.0 Lost & Found" (producer: Solar; Hear here) (7 Grand, TBA)
Guster (title TBA; Read here) (Aware/Columbia, late 2009)
happyendings "Losing Generation" (producer: Bob Rock; Hear here) (J, TBA)
Jessica Harp (of the Wreckers) "A Woman Needs" (first single: "Boy Like Me"; Hear here) (Warner Nashville, summer 2009)
Gemma Hayes "The Roads Don't Love You" (released internationally in October 2005; producer: Joey Waronker; Read here) (Astralwerks, TBA)


Heart (title TBA; with this album, Nancy Wilson will take on more vocal duties; producer: Ben Mink; Read here) (label TBA, summer 2010)
Helmet (title TBA; Read here) (Warcon, 2009)
Lauryn Hill "Khulami Phase" (producer: Hill; guests: The Wailers, John Legend) (Columbia, TBA)
Hope Kills Fear (title TBA; producer: Mike Barile; Hear here; See here) (label TBA, TBA)
Greg Howe (title TBA) (Tone Center, TBA)
Iced Earth (title TBA) (Century Media, TBA)
Ideal "From Now On" (producers: Brian Michael-Cox, Rockwilder, Nisan Stewart, Mike City, Battle Cat; first single: "Makin' Time") (Neutral Ground/Universal, TBA)
Ikara Colt "Modern Apprentice" (producer: Alex Newport) (Epitaph, TBA)
Interpol (title TBA) (Capitol, 2009)
INXS (title TBA; Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
Allison Iraheta ("American Idol" season 8 finalist) (title TBA; Read here) (19 Recordings/Jive, fall 2009)
Michael Jackson (title TBA; producer: will.i.am.; Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
Jamie T (named Best Solo Act at the 2007 NME Awards) "Panic Prevention" (with three bonus tracks, including a duet with Lily Allen on "Raw Hide"; Hear here) (Caroline, TBA)
Al Jardine "Post Card From California" (guests: Brian Wilson, Neil Young, Steve Miller, Stephen Stills, Flea, Glen Campbell; Read here) (label TBA, summer 2009)
Ja Rule "The Mirror" (producers: Erick Sermon, Ty Fyffe, 7 Aurelius, Chink Santana; first single: "Body"; Hear here; Read here) (The Inc., TBA)
Freedy Johnston "Rain on the City" (producer: Richard McLaurin; Hear here) (Bar/None, October 2009)
JoJo "All I Want Is Everything" (Universal, 2009)
Kem (title TBA) (Motown, TBA)
Kesha (title TBA; producers: Dr. Luke, Max Martin; Hear here) (RCA, late 2009)
Alicia Keys (title TBA; Read here) (J, late 2009)
Kid Rock (title TBA; producers: Al Sutton, Kid Rock; guests: T.I., Mary J. Blige, Uncle Kracker; Read here) (Top Dog/Atlantic, late 2009)
King Diamond (title TBA) (Metal Blade, TBA)
Kings of Convenience (title TBA; Hear here) (Astralwerks, late September 2009)
Sean Kingston "Tomorrow" (producer: Polow Da Don; guest: Lil Wayne; Hear here) (Epic/Koch, 2009)
KISS (title TBA; group's first album since 1998's "Psycho Circus"; producer: Paul Stanley; Read here) (label TBA, September 2009)
KoRn (title TBA; producer: Ross Robinson; See here; Read here) (Virgin, summer 2009)
Lenny Kravitz "Funk" (Hear here) (Virgin, TBA)
Kris Kristofferson "Starlight and Stone" (producer: Don Was; Read here) (New West, 2009)
Nick Lachey "Coming Up for Air" (guest: Kara DioGuardi; first single: "Patience"; Hear here) (Jive, 2009)
Adam Lambert ("American Idol" season 8 runner-up) (title TBA; Read here) (19 Recordings/RCA, fall 2009)
Josiah Leming (from "American Idol" season 7) (title TBA; producer: David Kosten; Hear here) (Warner, TBA)
Lil' Mo "Syndicated: The Lil' Mo Hour" (guests: Baby, Fabolous, Miri Ben-Ari; first single: "Yeah Yeah Yeah" - Hear here via iTunes) (Roun'Table/Cash Money/Universal, TBA)
Linkin Park (title TBA) (Warner, 2010)
Logan Square (formerly 15 Minutes Late) "Pessimism and Satire" (producer: Sean O'Keefe; Hear here) (Fearless, TBA)
Lindsay Lohan (title TBA; first single: "Bossy"; Hear here; Read here) (Universal Motown, TBA)
Loser (title TBA; producer: Bob Marlette; first single: "Nobody Knows") (Island, TBA)
Los Lobos (title TBA; producer: multi-instrumentalist Steve Berlin; Read here) (Shout! Factory, early 2010)
Courtney Love "Nobody's Daughter" (producers: Linda Perry, Billy Corgan, Love; Read here) (Custard/Universal, TBA)
Corb Lund (title TBA; Read here) (New West, fall 2009)
Jeff Lynne (title TBA; his first solo album since 1991; producer: Lynne; Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
Mario "And Then There Was Me" (Read here) (J, 2009)
Massive Attack "Weather Underground" (producer: Neil Davidge; Read here) (Virgin, October 2009)
Matrix, The (production team of Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, Scott Spock) (title TBA) (Columbia, TBA)
Tim McGraw "Southern Voice" (producer: Byron Gallimore; first single: "It's a Business Doing Pleasure With You," co-written by Chad Kroeger and Brett James; HEar here) (Curb, fall 2009)
Brian McKnight (title TBA; guests: Stevie Wonder, Jill Scott; Read here) (E1 Music, September 2009)
Katharine McPhee (title TBA) (Verve, 2009)
Christine McVie (title TBA) (label TBA, 2009)
Leighton Meester (star of the TV series "Gossip Girl") (title TBA; producers: Polow Da Don, Harvey Mason Jr., Spencer Nezey; Read here) (Time-Act Music/Universal Republic, fall 2009)
Megadeth "Endgame" (producers: Andy Sneap, Dave Mustaine) (Roadrunner, September 2009)
John Mellencamp (roots album, to be recorded at old hotels throughout the country; title TBA; producer: T Bone Burnett; Read here) (Hear Music, TBA)
Midtown (title TBA) (Columbia, TBA)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The (title TBA; first album of new material since 2002's "A Jackknife to a Swan"; Hear here) (Big Rig, 2009)
Christina Milian "Elope" (producers: The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, L.O.S.; first single: "Us Against the World"; Hear here) (Radio Killa/Interscope/MySpace, 2009)
June & Jean Millington (founding members of Fanny) (title TBA) (Fabulous, TBA)
Minsk (title TBA; Hear here) (Relapse, TBA)
Mishon (of ABC Family Channel's "Lincoln Heights") "The Yearbook" (first single: "Just a Kiss"; Hear here) (Streamline/Interscope, 2009)
Mista Sinista (formerly in an early version of the X-Ecutioners) "Heartfelt" (Read here) (Coalmine, TBA)
Pharoahe Monch "Desire" (producers: Lee Stone, Denaum Porter; guest: Justin Timberlake; Read here) (SRC/Universal, TBA)
Moneen (title TBA; producer: David Bottrill; Hear here) (Vagrant, summer 2009)
Monica (title TBA) (J, 2009)
Morbid Angel (title TBA; band's first studio album since 2003's "Heretic" and also its first release with original vocalist/bassist David Vincent since 1995's "Domination"; Read here) (label TBA, TBA)
Muse "The Resistance" (producers: Muse; Hear here; Read here) (Warner, September 2009)
Mya "Liberation" (producers: Scott Storch, Bryan-Michael Cox, Tricky Stuart, Kwame; guests: Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg; first single: "Lock You Down"; Hear here; Read here) (Motown, TBA)
My Chemical Romance (title TBA; their first album since 2006's "The Black Parade"; producer: Brendan O'Brien; Read here) (Reprise, 2009/2010)
Naughty By Nature "Anthem Inc." (Read here) (label TBA, 2009)
NOAH "Human Geometry" (producer: Monsieur Adi; first single: "Mannequin"; Hear here) (Technofavrik, summer 2009)
No Doubt (title TBA; producer: Mark "Spike" Stent; Read here) (Interscope, TBA)
Novel "The Audiobiography" (Hear here) (Rowdy/Capitol, 2009)
Offspring, The (title TBA; Read here) (Columbia, 2010)
OK Go (title TBA; producer: Dave Fridmann; Hear here) (Capitol, late summer 2009)
OMD (title TBA; Read here) (U.K. - Virgin, TBA)
On Blast (title TBA; Hear here) (StreetLife, 2009)
One Less Reason (title TBA; producer: Pete Thornton) (Radio Universe/Universal, TBA)
Orgy (title TBA) (D1. Music, TBA)
Over It (title TBA; Hear here) (Virgin, TBA)
Hana Pestle (title TBA; producers: Ben Moody, Michael "Fish" Herring; Hear here) (FNR, 2009)
Liz Phair (title TBA; Read here) (ATO/RCA, 2009)
Phish "Joy" (first single: "Time Turns Elastic"; producer: Steve Lillywhite; Read here) (Jemp, summer 2009)
A Place to Bury Strangers (title TBA; Hear here) (Mute, 2009)
+44 (title TBA; Hear here; Read here) (Interscope, TBA)
Postal Service, The (title TBA; Read here) (Sub Pop, TBA)
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (title TBA; producer: T Bone Burnett; Hear here) (Ragged Company/Hollywood, fall 2009)
Priestess (title TBA; producer: Dave Schiffman; Hear here) (RCA, 2009)
Suzi Quatro (title TBA; a tribute to Elvis Presley, including "Singing With Angels," recorded with the Jordanaires) (EMI, TBA)
Suzi Quatro (title TBA; producer: Mike Chapman, the first Quatro album he has worked on in 28 years) (EMI, TBA)
Queens of the Stone Age (title TBA; Read here) (Interscope, 2009)
Radiohead (title TBA; producer: Nigel Godrich; Read here) (TBD, TBA)
Ray J (title TBA) (E1/Knockout Entertainment, 2009)
Red Chord, The (title TBA) (Metal Blade, fall 2009)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (title TBA) (Warner, TBA)
Priscilla Renea "Jukebox" (producers: Brian Kidd, Soulshock, Karlin; Hear here) (Power/Capitol, 2009)
Revocation "Existence Is Futile" (producer: Pete Rutcho; Hear here) (Relapse, fall 2009)
Rush (title TBA; Read here) (Anthem/Atlantic, 2009)
RX Bandits "Sargent House" (Hear here) (MDB Recordings/Sargent House, summer 2009)
Sade (title TBA; her first album in nine years; Read here) (Epic, late 2009)
Sammie "Coming of Age" (producers: Bryan Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri, Adonis Shropshire, Daron Jones) (StarCamp Music, 2009)
Saves the Day "Daybreak" (Hear here) (Vagrant, TBA)
Say Anything "Say Anything" (Hear here; Read here) (J, summer 2009)
Sea Wolf (title TBA; producer: Mike Mogis; Hear here) (Dangerbird, September 2009)
Secret Machines (title TBA; producer: Brandon Mason; Read here) (Warner, TBA)
Settle (title TBA; producer: Adam Lasus; Hear here) (Epitaph, 2009)
7th Son (title TBA; producer: Michael "Elvis" Baskette; Hear here) (Roadrunner, 2009)
Shadowside "Theatre of Shadows" (Read here) (Seven/Universal, TBA)
SHeDAISY "A Story to Tell" (Hear here) (Lyric Street, 2009)
Shiloh (15-year-old Canadian singer) (title TBA; Hear here) (Universal Republic, 2009)
Shins, The (title TBA; drummer Jesse Sandoval and keyboardist Mary Crandall are no longer in the band; Read here) (Aural Apothecary, early 2010)
Shortwave Set, The "Replica Sun Machine" (features a 24-piece orchestra conducted by Van Dyke Parks; producer: Danger Mouse; guest: John Cale; Hear here) (label TBA, TBA)
Showdown, The "Temptation Come My Way" (Hear here) (Century Media, TBA)
Shys, The (title TBA; producer: Dave Cobb; Read here) (Sire, TBA)
Sick of It All (title TBA; Read here) (Abacus, TBA )
Carly Simon (title TBA; a re-working of past hits and album tracks, including "Anticipation," "You're So Vain" and "You Belong to Me," done in mostly an acoustic vein; Hear here) (Iris, summer 2009)
Simplistic "The Impact of Crashing [EP]" (producer: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda) (Machine Shop Recordings, TBA)
Sixpence None the Richer (studio album; title TBA; Hear here) (Nettwerk, 2009)
Skid Row (title TBA) (SPV, TBA)
Slayer "World Painted Blood" (bassist-vocalist Tom Araya says the band's 11th studio album will likely be its last; producer: Greg Fidelman; Read here) (American Recordings, late summer 2009)
Sleeping, The (title TBA; Hear here) (Victory, 2009)
Slits, The "Trapped Animal" (British female punk group's first album in nearly 30 years; Hear here; Read here) (Narnack, summer 2009)
Social Code "A Year at the Movies" (first single: "Whisper To A Scream [Bird's Fly]") (Interscope, TBA)
Social Distortion (title TBA; Hear here; Read here) (Time Bomb, mid-2009)
SOiL (title TBA; producer: Johnny K; Hear here) (Driven Music Group, 2009)
Sponge (title TBA; Hear here) (Bellum, TBA)
Stacey Q "Color Me Cinnamon" (producers: Jon St. James, Shawn Winstian, Stacey Swain, Shane Condo; first single: "Trip"; Read here) (Hydra Productions, summer 2009)
Standstill (title TBA; Hear here) (Atlantic, TBA)
Starving Millionaires "Vegas Vacation" (Hear here) (Skinny Post Music, TBA)
Joss Stone "Colour Me Free" (Hear here; Read here) (S-Curve/Virgin, July 2009)
Stone Temple Pilots (title TBA; producer: Don Was) (label TBA, early 2010)
George Strait "Twang" (first single: "Living for the Night"; Hear here) (MCA Nashville, early fall 2009)
Strange Familiar, The (title TBA; producer: Brian Malouf; first single: "Courage Is ..."; Hear here) (label TBA, 2009)
Streets, The (title TBA; Read here; Twitter) (Vice, February 2010)
Subways, The (title TBA) (Sire, TBA)
Suicidal Tendencies "Return to Venice" (Read here) (Suicidal, TBA)
Switchfoot (title TBA; producers: Switchfoot; Hear here; Read here) (Lowercase People/ATO, 2009)
Tash (of Tha Alkaholics) "Rap Life II: Expensive Habits" (Waxploitation/Koch, TBA)
Tegan and Sara (title TBA; Hear/read here) (Vapor/Sire, October 2009)
Testament (guitarist Alex Skolnick and drummer Louie Clemente rejoins the group) (title TBA; first album of new material since 1999; Read here) (Spitfire, TBA)
Robin Thicke (title TBA) (Star Trak/Interscope, fall 2009)
Thrice "Beggars" (Hear here; Read here) (Vagrant, October 2009)
Tool (title TBA; their first album since 2006's "10,000 Days"; Read here) (Volcano Entertainment, 2009)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra "Night Castle" (rock opera; Read here) (Atlantic, TBA)
TRUSTcompany (title TBA; Read here) (Geffen, 2009)
Nadia Turner ("American Idol" season 4 finalist) "Standing On Love" (label TBA, TBA)
Twisted Sister (title TBA; first album of new material since 1987's "Love Is for Suckers"; Read here) (label TBA, 2010)
Jordis Unga ("Rock Star: INXS" finalist, girlfriend of American Head Charge's Karma Cheema) (title TBA; Read here) (Epic, TBA)
UP SyNDROME "Welcome to Phase 3" (label TBA, TBA)
Urge Overkill (title TBA) (label TBA, TBA)
Usher "Monster" (producer: Jermaine Dupri; Read here) (Jive, fall 2009)
Vandals, The (title TBA; Read here) (Kung Fu, TBA)
Angela Via "Ready to Fly" (tracks co-written with M'jestie, who won an BMI award for Rihanna's chart-topping "Pon de Replay"; producer: Sundafu; Hear here) (Virgin, TBA)
Violent Femmes (title TBA; first album of new material since 2000) (label TBA, TBA)
Steve Wariner "Steve Wariner c. g. p., My Tribute to Chet Atkins" (Hear here) (Selectone, 2009)
Warren Brothers, The (title TBA) (Stylesonic, TBA)
Jody Watley "Chameleon" (Hear here) (Avitone Recordings, January 2009)
Weezer (title TBA; producer: Jacknife Lee) (Geffen, November 2009)
White Rabbits (title TBA) (TBD Records, 2009)
Wolfmother (title TBA; Read here) (Interscope, fall 2009)
Stevie Wonder "The Gospel Inspired by Lula" (dedicated to his mother, Lula Mae Hardaway, who died in 2006; Read here) (Motown, TBA)
Ron Wood "More Good News" (producer: Bob Rock; guest: Eddie Vedder; Read here) (label TBA, 2009)
Wrens, The (title TBA) (Absolutely Kosher, TBA)
X-Ecutioners, The (title TBA) (Columbia, TBA)
Youth Brigade (title TBA; first album of new material since 1997; Read here) (BYO, TBA)
Zebra (title TBA) (Mayhem, TBA)
Zimmer's Hole (side project of Strapping Young Lad members) (title TBA; first studio album since 2001) (HevyDevy, TBA)
ZZ Top (title TBA; producer: Rick Rubin; Read here) (American Recordings/Columbia, TBA)

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Laura Branigan "Life's Music" (2 CDs of previously unreleased tracks, rarities and remixes; Read here) (Sunset, 2009)
Guess Who, The "So Long, Bannatyne" (1971 album; remastered) (Iconoclassic, 2009)
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts "Greatest Hits [CD/DVD]" (Blackheart, TBA)
Madonna "Iconography" (greatest hits, with two new tracks; Read here (Warner, September 2009)
Eddie Rabbitt "Number Ones" (17 tracks; Read here) (Rhino, September 2009)

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